The organisation has been registered since March 1940 in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) under the supervision of the then acharya, Ananta Vasudev (a.k.a.

Srila Acharyadev), later known as Bhakti Prasad Puri Maharaj (25 Aug 1895—8 March 1958[note 1]).

[4][5] Later Ananta Vasudev started to criticize some of the teachings of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (particularly, he declared that proselytizing work is not true spirituality),[2] married, settled in Vrindavan, and translated into Bengali 62 papers of the six Goswamis of Vrindavana, classical Gaudiya Vaishnava works.

It has 26 temples in India, the UK (London, Sri Vasudev Gaudiya Math, established 1933), and the US (New York, Sri Bhakti Srirup Bhagawat Gaudiya Math, established 2007).

It has established medical services and dispensaries and publishes a monthly magazine, Bhakti Patra.